Bear-Resistant Enclosures

If you can’t keep your trash in a bear-resistant container, residents or businesses can construct enclosures that prevent bears from accessing trash containers, including commercial dumpsters. In short, bear-resistant enclosures house non-bear-resistant trash containers.

The most successful enclosures utilize materials that bears can not bite or claw their way through (metal flanges and hinges, concrete bases or walls) and durable construction lasting many years.

“If you secure your garbage and remove bird feeders, you have addressed the two temptations that cause the vast majority of bear-human conflicts in New Hampshire.” — New Hampshire Fish and Game Bear Project Leader Andrew Timmins